In
1813 the infantry regiments and pioneer battalions
of the Russian Army began to receive colors of a new
pattern. The new issue consisted of colored flags only,
the white flag being definitively abolished. Guards
regiments' colors had a yellow cross and variously
colored corners, while the standard design for infantry
regiments (as the musketeer regiments had been retitled
in 1811) had a green cross with white corners. Grenadier
regiments received colors with a green cross and corners
in the colors of the division to which they were
assigned, e.g. red/black for the 2nd Grenadier Division.
The light infantry regiments (chasseurs and carabineers)
received colors with a green cross and white
corners piped in red or light blue. As previously, the
central tablet bore the double-headed imperial eagle.
The initial colors of the 1813 pattern bore the cypher
of Tsar Alexander I in the corners; those issued after
1825 bore the cypher of Tsar Nicholas I.

Many of the new colors were "Colors of St. George" with
regimental battle honors added. These were
carried on special staffs with a finial in the form of
the Cross of St. George, and an orange and black
cravat—the colors of the ribbon of the medal.

The
1813 pattern colors remained in service until the
mid-1850s, when a new and somewhat more elaborate design
was introduced.

Credit:
These drawings are based on images and information from
Napflags, the outstanding Napoleonic flags site of Alan Pendlebury,
and
from
VEXILLOGRAPHIA,
the outstanding website devoted to the historical and current flags
of Russia and related countries.